What is the difference between an obsession and compulsion?

What will be an ideal response?


An obsession is a thought, while a compulsion is a behavior.

Psychology

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Describe the characteristics of the authoritarian personality, explain how child-rearing can lead to the development of this personality and how this personality can be measured, and discuss the use of the term dogmatism

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

Which of the following is one of the major criticisms of the humanistic approach to personality?

a. It is too deterministic b. It is too optimistic about human nature c. It presents a fragmented view of personality d. It de-emphasizes the subjective nature of self-concept

Psychology

Achmed claims that men are more aggressive than women because in the past, being aggressive increased men's reproductive chances. Clarisse argues that this difference is a result of men being rewarded and women being punished for being aggressive. Achmed is taking the ____ approach, while Clarisse is taking the ____ approach to understanding aggressiveness.?

a. ?evolutionary; behavioral b. ?behavioral; biological c. ?humanistic; biological d. ?biological; behavioral

Psychology

A woman in treatment for alcohol-use disorder is allowed to consume one drink at an outing as part of her program. What is this called?

a. controlled drinking b. regulated relapse c. prolonged abstinence relapse d. contingency

Psychology